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Turbulent economy tests Texans who lack financial knowledge
Texans continue to trail the nation in financial literacy as measured by the National Financial Capability Study. The Legislature has taken steps to enhance personal finance instruction in a bid to improve performance.
April 1, 2022
Cross-border manufacturing rises from pandemic lows
Fabiola Luna, president of the Association of Maquiladoras, Index Ciudad Juárez, dicusses cross-border trade and the impact of the pandemic.
April 1, 2022
New Mexico marijuana legalization’s costs, benefits remain unclear
New Mexico legalized recreational marijuana use last year, joining 17 other states. Anticipated benefits and costs partially offset one another, but there is considerable uncertainty around both.
April 1, 2022
Texas reclaims jobs lost in pandemic; some metros still trying to catch up
The recovery from the pandemic recession ushered in a massive reallocation of employment between industries with repercussions for different areas of the state.
April 1, 2022
San Antonio Economic Indicators
Broad measures of the San Antonio economy continued to be positive in February. The San Antonio Business-Cycle Index and employment grew as the unemployment rate remained constant.
March 31, 2022
PCE Inflation Update, February 2022
The headline, or all-items, PCE price index rose an annualized 7.2 percent in February after increasing an annualized 6.7 percent in January.
March 31, 2022
Mexico’s economy picks up at start of 2022
Mexico’s global economic activity index—the monthly proxy for GDP growth—shows a pickup in activity during the first two months of 2022.
March 31, 2022
Dynamic Identification Using System Projections on Instrumental Variables
This paper proposes System Projections on Instrumental Variables (SP-IV) to estimate structural relationships using regressions of structural impulse responses obtained from local projections or vector autoregressions.
March 30, 2022
Texas Economic Indicators
The Texas Economy continues to expand, with payroll employment increasing at a rapid clip and the unemployment rate ticking down.
March 30, 2022
Texas Service Sector Sees Continued Growth in March
Activity in the Texas service sector grew at a steady pace in March, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey.
March 29, 2022